by Tina Scott

The New Year is here, and with it, the call to reform. I’m talking about New Year’s Resolutions. I have never made many resolutions. I was under the mistaken notion that since I went to church every week, fulfilled my calling, read my scriptures, and honored the Sabbath, I was doing all Heavenly Father required of me.

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by Dave Ellis

Years ago I wrote a Davey Award-winning article regarding the huge amount of food storage wheat my parents hauled around as we moved from state to state. What is a Davey Award? Oh, I made that up to reward myself for doing an article each month. It’s like a Peabody Award but made of ice cream.

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Welcome to a brand new year and another chance to start fresh. This year, rather than the normal list of resolutions, my personal list involves just one: my heart condition.

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by Kristen Howey

Recently, members throughout Southern Nevada were asked to join together in faith and participate in a special fast to “temper the elements that He might provide snow in the mountains and rain in the desert valleys, that the drought might be moderated and the reservoirs filled.” (from Presidents Bingham and Robison memo to stake presidents)

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by DaLea Ellis

I’m a runner. I can claim that title now since I’ve been running three times a week for over a year and have run in three 5k’s. This came about because I’m the Relief Society President in my ward, and last year my Enrichment Counselor came to me with the idea of training for a 5k as a Relief Society. You should know that I have never been athletic in any way. In fact the only reason I passed PE in school was because I showed up, dressed out and attempted to keep up! All these years I lacked coordination and endurance.

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Elder James E. Faust taught the women of the church about their great potential. He said, “The new declaration of the Relief Society begins, ‘We are beloved spirit daughters of God.’ To be a daughter of God means that you are the offspring of Deity, literal descendants of a Divine Father, inheriting godly attributes and potential.

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by Danielle Ellis

“Follow the prophet
Follow the prophet
Follow the prophet
He knows the way”(Children’s Songbook, 110)

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by Alison Palmer

For those of you who were fortunate enough to enjoy Primary as a child, what are your favorite memories of this time?

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By Nettie H. Francis

Church: The word alone can scare any young mother with small children. It may bring to my mind visions of temper tantrums, cheerios thrown into Sister Young’s hair, and “I have to go potty,” screamed at the wrong moment. Yet, those of us who want our children to be honest, upright citizens usually make the pilgrimage to church once a week.

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By LaRae Free Kerr

Graves of my relatives lie along the North-South Mountain ranges of the Sawtooth Mountains starting at Lemhi, Idaho then down the Wasatch Mountain Range into Salt Lake County.

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By Alison Palmer

Scripture: “All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign, November 1995, 102, paragraph 2.

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Historic Photos of Salt Lake City show the growth of the city from the 1880s to the 1960s, from a pioneer enclave to a regional center for commerce and tourism. Nearly 200 stunning black-and-white photographs, selected from local and regional archives, depict the magnificent Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, beautifully landscaped boulevards, America’s first department store, turn-of-the-century theaters, and much more. This handsome coffee table book is essential for any long-time resident, newcomer, or history lover of Salt Lake City.

Historic Photos of Salt Lake City is available at www.turnerpublishing.com.

The Book of Mormon Reference Companion (Deseret Book, Hardcover, $49.95) is the culmination of an astonishing project that includes the work of 111 respected scholars and has hundreds and hundreds of thorough entries on topics any student of the Book of Mormon needs. It brings together more than 900 entries addressing 1500 Book of Mormon topics, including people, places, words phrases, and doctrines.

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In his new book Hearing the Voice of the Lord (Deseret Book, $22.95, hardcover) Elder Gerald N. Lund describes how revelation comes to those seeking inspiration from above and the principles that will help readers know how to “hear” and recognize the voice of the Lord.

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By Arnold K. Garr, Ph.D.

Many people are surprised when they find out that Mitt Romney is not the first Mormon to run for president of the United States. That distinction belonged to Joseph Smith, the founder of the faith. He decided to run for president after the Church pleaded in vain for the government to compensate the Latter-day Saints for the property lost and afflictions suffered when they were expelled from the state of Missouri as a result of the extermination order in 1838.

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